by Dennis | Apr 15, 2024 | Cognitive Flexibility, Executive Functioning Skills
HomeworkCoach policy is that coaching sessions should last a minimum of one hour. This is really our attempt to be fair to our coaches. If you are going to use your gas money and driving time to go to a client’s home, at least you deserve a full hour’s pay....
by Dennis | Jan 26, 2024 | Executive Functioning Skills
“My son (11) struggles with writing assignments. He states he can’t think of what to write” You’ve probably run into this with your HomeworkCoach clients. Here’s a way to approach the problem: Take the ideas and the writing separately....
by Dennis | Oct 9, 2023 | Professionalism
We do not micromanage our coaches. You bring your own skills to the table, and every client is different. But parents have specific expectations when they hire us. They’ve read our website and spoken to someone on our team. So we do need you to be on the same...
by Dennis | Aug 12, 2023 | Executive Functioning Skills
In the 12 years or so we’ve operated HomeworkCoach, numerous new terms have become popular, including “executive functioning” and now “neurodiversity.” These are helpful words, in many ways, and parents of kids with ADHD — our...
by Dennis | Jun 28, 2023 | Housekeeping, Professionalism
We recommend that your first session with a new client start with a brief meeting with the parent(s), preferably with your student there too. Take a few minutes to introduce yourself and ask about their reasons for bringin in a coach and their hoped-for outcome. As a...
by Dennis | Mar 31, 2023 | Studying for Tests
Helping students prepare for final exams or chapter tests can be frustrating, particularly if the teacher does not provide a study guide and the student seems unsure about what they need to study. Here are some tips on helping students to make their own study guides...
by Dennis | Oct 13, 2022 | Housekeeping
Here are our thoughts on cancellations: We are customer-centric and prefer to never charge a client for cancellation We realize children get sick or occasionally there are last minute sports practices; if the client gives us as much notice as possible, we prefer not...
by Dennis | Jul 28, 2022 | Housekeeping
Parents occasionally ask their new coach to meet for coffee or have a brief meeting with the child “to see if it’s a good fit.” This is understandable but the problem is that the parent does not expect to pay for this. We do not believe it is fair to ask you, our...
by Dennis | Jun 24, 2021 | Housekeeping
When to Report your Hours We process payments on the 1st and 15th of each month. While it is an excellent practice to enter hours immediately following a session, they must be submitted by midnight on the last day of the month and by midnight on the 14th in order for...
by Dennis | Jan 22, 2021 | Housekeeping
Have you moved, or got a new degree or changed your availability? We need to know and have created this handy form for you to let us know what’s happening with...
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